This week in our miniseries on learning the version control system Git, Bart dips our proverbial toe into branching. Branches allow us, as developers, to work on bugs or feature enhancements in a separate place from our stable code, and only merge the code back in when the bugs are squashed or the features are […]
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NC #812 Accell Cutie, MacUpdater, HomePod mini
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, November 29, 2020, and this is show number 812. mp3 download CCATP #662 – Rod Simmons on Screencasting Tips and Tricks This week Rod Simmons of the SMR […]
Continue readingHomePod mini for Multi-Geek Families
HomePod mini Happy on my Desk When the first HomePod was announced, Steve and I bought one. As promised, it had beautiful sound. We’re not huge music listeners, but it has been nice to take it out to the back yard when we have a socially distanced cocktail with a couple of friends. We do […]
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CCATP #662 – Rod Simmons on Screencasting Tips and Tricks
This week Rod Simmons of the SMR Podcast https://smrpodcast.com joins me to talk about our tips and tricks for doing effective screen casting. We started by going through some more strategic ideas on how to get your message across with a screencast, and then we dug into some of the techniques and tools we use […]
Continue readingNC #811 How to Update Catalina, Hazel 5 Standalone App, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, November 22, 2020, and this is show number 811. We’ve got a big show today because in Security Bits we had two Security Mediums. They were both really […]
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Keep All Your Apps Up to Date with MacUpdater – Joe LaGreca
Listener and friend Joe LaGreca contacted me to suggest we have a discussion on the NosillaCast about a tool he relies on called MacUpdater. This app’s job is to show you all of the apps you need to update on your Mac, and if possible to run the updates for you with a click of […]
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How to Update macOS Catalina and Not Upgrade to Big Sur
We all know that it’s important to “stay patched, so you stay secure.” But macOS is making that a bit harder these days. Apple really wants you to upgrade to macOS Big Sur, but if you’re not ready for that big jump, it may be hard to notice that you have macOS Catalina and Safari […]
Continue readingCCATP #661 – Bart Busschots on PBS 106 of X — Time Travel with Git
As we continue to learn Git from the command line for version control, Bart teaches us some tricks to travel through time. First he shows us how to view more compact Git logs so we can just see a shortened hash and the first line of our commit message. Then he shows us how to […]
Continue readingHazel 5 – Even Better as a Standalone App
Hazel 5 from NoodleSoft There is a category of apps that provide a unique functionality and for which the user community is split into two camps: Those who are zealous about the functionality and really “get” why it’s awesome, and those who don’t get why they would ever need the functionality. A perfect example of […]
Continue readingNC #810 Lost Apple Pencil, PixelSnap, Folge
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, November 15, 2020, and this is show number 810. mp3 download CCATP #660 – Lory Gil on M1 Macs It wouldn’t be an Apple announcement week without Lory Gil […]
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